Design & Production by Center of Attention Events
The best time of year is practically here. The glow of thousands of twinkling lights, the sparkle of ornaments tucked into lush garlands, the familiar sounds of carolers, and the excitement of seeing a home transformed into a nostalgic wonderland.
Our elves are ready to bring the magic to life for our favorite time of year. We get to bring out our towering Christmas trees, oversized ornaments, sparkling lights, giant toy soldiers, sleighs, snowmen, dreidels, and all of our adored treasures. Best of all, we get to dream up new ways to create holiday magic!
Whether we're transforming a home, creating a festive display for an entire neighborhood, or producing a holiday party from the ground up, we love every opportunity to make the season feel special.
Whatever holiday you celebrate, we're ready to jump in and make your own celebrations unique. Over the years, our clients have invited us to create absolutely unforgettable holiday experiences. As we prepare for another season of decking the halls, we're looking back at these three favorites!
#1: A Christmas Toy Land at Kat Von D's Hancock Park Home
During the COVID-19 pandemic, our longtime client Kat Von D had a wonderful idea. She wanted to turn her Hancock Park home into a Christmas wonderland, giving her neighbors and community something joyful to experience during an otherwise difficult holiday season.
Our team transformed the property into a larger-than-life Christmas Toyland, complete with giant toy soldiers guarding the entrance, an oversized gingerbread house, a giant rocking horse, and Santa's sleigh waiting outside.
Our lighting team covered the house in thousands of twinkling lights, wrapping the towering trees along the street and illuminating the property from top to bottom. The entire home became a holiday spectacle, with neighbors stopping to admire the display and cars lining up along the street to take in the festivities.
But the magic didn't stop outside! Inside, we filled the home with beautifully decorated Christmas trees, oversized garland archways, and festive touches around every corner.
For Christmas Eve dinner, we created an intimate holiday tablescape with rich green velvet linens, gold candelabras, fresh greenery running down the center of the table, and little gold accents at each place setting. It contrasted beautifully with the playful Toyland outside, bringing a more traditional Christmas feel indoors.
What made this installation especially memorable was seeing how much joy it brought beyond the home itself. Sometimes, a little holiday magic is meant to be shared with the whole neighborhood!
#2: A European Christmas Market Overlooking Rodeo Drive
Imagine stepping onto a Beverly Hills rooftop and finding yourself in a little European Christmas village, complete with wooden market stalls, holiday treats, Christmas carolers, and even an ice rink! That's exactly what we created for an intimate holiday celebration of just 30 guests, high above Rodeo Drive.
Guests entered beneath a large, custom-painted wooden archway reading "Christmas Market," leading them into a rooftop filled with Christmas trees, garlands, and festive market booths.
Three wooden vendor stalls, decorated with greenery and hand-painted signs, offered special holiday gifts and treats. One featured cashmere scarves, another gave away hand-painted Christmas ornaments, and the third served traditional European holiday sweets, including panettone.
And what would a winter wonderland be without a little ice skating?
We brought in an intimate ice rink, complete with a professional ice skater, right onto the rooftop! Guests could enjoy the skating performance while taking in the views of Beverly Hills below.
Throughout the evening, traditional Christmas carolers dressed in Victorian-inspired attire sang holiday favorites. Fresh-baked sweets, a carving station, and plenty of little festive details completed the experience.
With the city lights twinkling in the distance, the rooftop felt like its own little Christmas village tucked away above Rodeo Drive.
This is exactly the kind of project we love. Just 30 guests, but an entire world created for them to enjoy! From custom-built market stalls to an ice rink on a rooftop, we're always up for finding a way to make the seemingly impossible possible.
#3: A Classic Christmas Wonderland in Hancock Park
There's a certain nostalgia that comes with a traditional Christmas. The glow of warm white lights, the abundance of ornaments, the ribbons woven through fresh-looking garlands, and the sight of a beautifully decorated home welcoming the season.
For a Victorian home in Hancock Park, we brought that classic Christmas feeling to life with an installation that celebrated everything we love about traditional holiday décor.
Our lighting team began by illuminating the front of the house, weaving lights through the hedges and wrapping the enormous trees lining the street. As evening fell, the entire property glowed.
Then our décor team took over, creating a grand garland archway around the home's ornate wooden front doors. We filled it with layers of ribbon and ornaments in a variety of sizes, giving the entrance a full, classic Christmas look.
Oversized ornaments framed the doorway, while a large wreath adorned with coordinating ribbon and ornaments completed the front of the house.
The finished display felt like a scene from a favorite Christmas movie, with every light, ribbon, and ornament adding to the charm of the home's Victorian architecture.
And that's part of the fun of what we do! Not every holiday project needs an ice rink or a giant gingerbread house. Sometimes, the magic is in transforming a familiar home into something that makes you smile every time you pull into the driveway.
Whether it's a few beautifully decorated wreaths or an entire house covered in lights, we love it all.
Whatever You Celebrate, Let's Make It Magical!
The best part of the holiday season is that there are so many ways to celebrate, and at Center of Attention Events, we love them all.
Maybe you're dreaming of a front yard filled with oversized holiday decorations, a home glowing with thousands of lights, a Hanukkah celebration with custom décor, or a New Year's Eve party that sparkles from floor to ceiling. Maybe you want to turn your office into a winter wonderland, bring a Christmas market to your backyard, or create something entirely different.
Whatever you can imagine, we'd love to make it happen.
With decades of experience in bringing magic to life, our team can take care of anything. Holiday lighting, trees, garlands, wreaths, custom installations, specialty props, rentals, entertainment, table scapes, full-service event production, and all the little details in between.
We can decorate a doorway or transform an entire property. We can create a cozy dinner for a handful of guests or a holiday celebration for hundreds. We can work with your favorite traditions or help you start some new ones.
And most importantly, we love getting involved, no matter what holiday you're celebrating.
So bring us your wildest holiday ideas, your favorite traditions, and your longest wish lists. We'll bring the ornaments, the lights, the creativity, and maybe a giant sleigh or two.
The holidays are almost here, and we can't wait to make a little magic with you!